Then this poll is no different than "Do farbots multigate strageo? Yes, no, maybe"

Clearly the answer is "no", because flugul woople magle.

You stated the answer would be "No".Although, i believe rammastan fargle wooble...yes...

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The problem is that the "reality" of tulpae is directly dependent on how one defines "reality". And since it is your poll, you need to let us know what that is, otherwise there is no answer. It might be "yes" in one case, "no" in another, and even "maybe" depends on one's definition of "maybe"...it might mean, "my mind is not made up", or it might mean "yes in the case of one definition, no in the case of another".

The problem is that the "reality" of tulpae is directly dependent on how one defines "reality". And since it is your poll, you need to let us know what that is, otherwise there is no answer. It might be "yes" in one case, "no" in another, and even "maybe" depends on one's definition of "maybe"...it might mean, "my mind is not made up", or it might mean "yes in the case of one definition, no in the case of another".

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I don't think the poll question is complete. I think you need to talk a little bit about what it "real" means and what "existence" is.

We had a thread here started by an ardent (militant?) atheist entitled "God is imaginary". He made an argument that imaginary things do exist because they have an impact on physical things by virtue of our actions. So, fictitious characters - like gods and tulpae - do exist, just not in the way religious people - and tulpae fans - think.

Similarly, member Hermes frequently asked theists how god exists. He would talk about different kinds of existence. for example:

So, all these things exist and are real, but not in the same ways. If you asked Hermes and a theist if god exists, they would both say "yes". But their meanings would be vastly different. On the one hand theists would say god exists as an invisible, incorporeal being of great power, kind of like a living human exists, only more. But Hermes might say god exists as a concept or emotion, dependent on human minds, not an actual being capable of autonomy.

To get back to the OP, I believe tulpae exist, just not in the same way as you and not in the way you mean in the poll. I think they are essentially fictional characters people have invented in their minds, like imaginary friends, but have no more sentience or autonomy than characters in movies or books. They are mental models of other personalities.

I don't think the poll question is complete. I think you need to talk a little bit about what it "real" means and what "existence" is.

I gave the definition of "real".The question is also a closed question, so its rather straight forward...

I find it odd that people are saying yes and no, but there is only 4 votes in the poll 9_9.

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(For a second there, I thought you had misspelled "Rammstein")Yes, but flarple mooslet parp.

Heretic, everyone knows plorp estens hardlet garble!

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It's far, far too vague, a fact that you should realize if you've put any thought into reading anyone's posts in this thread so far. Darth Vader and my computer both occur in fact or actuality. Just in different ways.

A thread asking "Is Darth Vader real?" would need to specify what sense of reality it's asking about, otherwise it would get answers of both "yes" and "no" from people with the same beliefs regarding Darth Vader, but with different interpretations of the question. That destroys the integrity of any data obtained, because you won't be able to, for example, tell how many of the "yes" votes are from people who believe Darth Vader to physically exist as a real person, and how many of the "yes" votes are from people who believe he exists as a literary figure.

I find it very hard to believe that you do not yet understand this problem, given the number of times it has come up as a topic since you've started posting here. Your playing dumb in this thread lends credence to the "practical joke on forum membership" hypothesis.

Real: Defined as "Something that exists in some form or another in the universe"...Does this work...

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What do you mean?You asked for a definition, and i gave you one to use.So do tulpae exist or not?

I really do not want to start an argument here.

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It doesn't work if what you are trying to determine is what the members of this forum actually believe.

Again, what is your aim in asking this question? Your parameters are far too broad to make any answer we give meaningful. What if everyone said "yes" under this definition? Would you be any closer to knowing what we actually think?

Again, what is your aim in asking this question? Your parameters are far too broad to make any answer we give meaningful. What if everyone said "yes" under this definition? Would you be any closer to knowing what we actually think?

No particular point, just a random question of insignificance.

Due to lack of progress, the question now asks who is the best pony.Choose wisely...

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I don't quite get whats going on here though...Do you believe tulpae are real or not?I cannot put it any simpler.

Fine. It's simple. Now make it less vague, damn it.

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No particular point, just a random question of insignificance.

Due to lack of progress, the question now asks who is the best pony.Choose wisely...

Perhaps the lack of progress is a result in your lack of sincerity in giving any shit about the question and subsequent answers.

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"When we landed on the moon, that was the point where god should have come up and said 'hello'. Because if you invent some creatures, put them on the blue one and they make it to the grey one, you f**king turn up and say 'well done'."

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Personally is do not care about the answers, and thus i made the question fool proof...

If you do not care about the answers to this poll, then neither should any people who might otherwise have voted in it.

/thread, killed by you

I guess I really should have cared more about this thread...

That aside, who IS the best pony?

Edit: Surely there must be at-least ONE brony here O.o.

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